Identifying an Appropriate Presentation Channel

The following channel types are provided as Default Channel types: Workspace Google Web Toolkit, Openspace Google Web Toolkit , Openspace Email.

Note: Support for TIBCO General Interface (GI) channel types, which had been deprecated in favor of GWT-based alternatives, has now been discontinued at design time.

If you have existing applications that were designed to use a GI presentation channel, you can replace the channel by opening the project in TIBCO Business Studio. An error message is displayed, with a quick fix that replaces the GI channel with a GWT equivalent. You can then redeploy the application.

Alternatively see "Deployment of Applications that Use Unsupported GI Presentation Channels" in the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM - BPM Administration guide for information on deploying and running such applications.

You can also add the following channel types:

  • Openspace Mobile. You can add this to the Default Channel (see Adding a Channel Type to the Default Channel). Creating an additional presentation channel is not advisable for the Openspace Mobile channel type.
  • Workspace Email. This channel type has been deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

    You cannot add Workspace Email in the default channel and a channel having Workspace Email in it cannot be set as the default. If you add Workspace Email in an additional presentation channel, a warning message is generated indicating that the channel type is deprecated. A quick fix is available that allows you to replace it with a supported channel type.

These behave as described below at runtime:

Channel Type Behavior at runtime
Workspace Email Work items are delivered to the user using an email with a link to a Workspace form.
Workspace Google Web Toolkit Work items are displayed using a link when the user opens their worklist in Workspace.
Openspace Google Web Toolkit Work items are displayed using a link when the user opens their worklist in Openspace.
Openspace Mobile Work items are displayed using a link when the user opens their worklist in Openspace Mobile.
Openspace Email Work items are delivered to the user using an email with a link to an Openspace form.